Month: May 2015

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Lord of the Rings Online: May the Orcs Be With You

May the Orcs Be With You

While May the Fourth might be considered a Star Wars holiday due to the pun ("May the Fourth be with you!"), it’s also the day that Lord of the Rings Online publisher Turbine intends on launching Update 16, titled The Ashes of Osgiliath. In preparation of this launch, Community Manager Andy Cataldo facilitated a livestream preview for the public. We were there and brought back this report!

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Mortal Kombat X’s Latest Patches Address Liu Kang’s Blockstring Infinite, Ermac’s Unscaled Damage, and More

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Over the past week, Mortal Kombat X on both PlayStation 4 and Xbox One received a patch that introduced some balance changes and fixed a few bugs.

The main balance changes directly address Liu Kang’s blockstring infinite, reducing the amount of blockstun done by a meter burned Double Dragon Kick into a Bicycle Kick. In addition to this, it also fixes the damage scaling on the drop portion of Ermac’s Tele-Hang.

Other changes include a fix on Sonya’s Air Strike, preventing it from being punished on hit when done as a reversal, as well as some fixes to frame data.

Aside from balance concerns, the patches also addressed some other bugs in the game, including one that kept certain switches in the Krypt from working properly as well as various issues that crashed the game on both consoles.

Check out the complete patch notes for both PlayStation 4 and Xbox One below.

Balance Changes

  • Ermac (Mystic) – Damage from dropping from Tele-Hang will now properly be combo damage scaled.
  • Liu Kang (Dragon’s Fire) – Meter-burning a Double Dragon Kick into a Bicycle Kick is now +2 block     advantage to remove a potential block trap.
  • Sonya (Covert Ops) – Air Strike can no longer be reversal wakeup punished on hit by some characters.
  • Liu Kang – Towards Front Kick & towards Back Kick attacks can no longer be High Parried.
  • Movelist Frame Data – Many corrections and now includes frame 0 in the startup frames

PlayStation 4 Bug Fixes

  •  Switches in the Krypt now work as intended.
  •  Fixed crash relating to downloading store content information
  •  Koins awarded for actions on mobile game now appear correctly in user’s bank.
  •  Fixed issue with purchase of easy fatalities.
  •  Various text fixes.

Xbox One Bug Fixes

  • Switches in the Krypt now work as intended.
  • Leaderboard now works as intended.
  • Koins awarded for actions on mobile game now appear correctly in user’s bank.
  • Fixed issue with purchase of easy fatalities.
  • Fixed issue where having no accounts signed in, then attempting to sign in as player 2 in two player mode crashes the game.
  •  Various text fixes.

Source: WB Games

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Cabal 2: The Daily Quest: Does ESTsoft’s Sequel Strike Your Fancy?

The Daily Quest: Does ESTsoft

Since the news of the forthcoming beta season for Cabal 2, a lot of buzz has been generated both for the acquisition of beta keys and interest in news related to the game. Our own Bill Murphy spent quite awhile in a live stream last night and produced the video below (he’ll have a first impressions article later today). Check it out and let us know: Does Cabal 2 strike your fancy? Why or why not?